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Monahin, Nona. (2019). “Decoding Dance in Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing and Twelfth Night.” In Lynsey McCulloch and Brandon Shaw (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Dance (pp. 49-82). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Monahin, Nona. (2017). “Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet: Some Consequences of the ‘Happy Ending.’” Borrowers And Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation 10, no. 2 (Spring, 2017). https://borrowers-ojs-azsu.tdl.org/borrowers/article/view/271/539
Monahin, Nona. (2015). “Writing for Posterity: A Reassessment of Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1589).” In Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings, (2015), 125-135. http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S2049125515000217. doi:10.1017/cor.2015.21
Monahin, Nona. (2011). “Renaissance Dance: Misura in the Service of Dramaturgy.” In Ann Buckley and Cynthia Cyrus (Eds.), Music, Dance and Society…Studies in Memory of Ingrid G.Brainard (pp. 211-230). Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute Publications.
Monahin, Nona & Pash, Meg. (2024, February 22). The Interdependence of Music and Dance in 16th-century Renaissance Dance Reconstruction. Early Dance Symposium 2024 - virtual conference hosted by the University of Pennsylvania and the Dance Studies Association’s Early Dance Working Group.
Monroe, A. (2024) Trobár's first album, Il Dit Elle Dit: Love & Dialogue in the World of Christine de Pizan, received a favorable review in Early Music America Magazine. The review highlighted its "exquisite intonation," "delightful lilt," and "clear," "vital," and "well-balanced" sound, and quoted extensively from Artistic Director Allison Monroe's liner notes. https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/he-said-she-said-in-french-courtly-love/
Medieval music ensemble Trobár just released their first album, Il Dit Elle Dit: Love and Dialogue in the World of Christine de Pizan, featuring Allison Monroe (Artistic Director), Elena Mullins (Executive Director), Karin Weston, and Tis Kaoru Zamler-Carhart. The album is now available on all major streaming platforms or via their website: https://www.trobarmedieval.org/album
Monroe, A. (2025) In a review by Cleveland Classical of Les Délices' most recent performance, The Mermaid, Allison Monroe received accolades for her "nice fiddle filigree."
Medieval music ensemble Trobár, co-directed by Allison Monroe and Elena Mullins Bailey, received accolades from Early Music America for its community participation events. A recent article in EMAg highlighted Trobár's MuckAbouts, alongside similarly community-focused programs by other American medieval and Renaissance groups. https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/fantasy-camp-for-early-music-superfans/
Monroe, A. (2024) As the Artistic Director of Trobár, Allison co-curated and co-directed performances of “I Sing a New Song” with Liza Malamut, Artistic Director of the venerated Newberry Consort, featuring a slate of some of the country’s best medieval musicians. They performed in both Cleveland and Chicago, to enthusiastic audiences, and received a glowing review.
